TRAPBALL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TRAPBALL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRAPBALL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRAPBALL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRAPBALL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
trapballsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRAPBALL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TRAPBALL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRAPBALL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRAPBALL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An old English bat-and-ball game in which a ball is flicked into the air from a small lever and struck.
Trapball was played in pub gardens and village fields, and some historians count it among the ancestors of cricket and baseball. A tap on one end of the trap launched the ball for the batter.
How TRAPBALL is used
Historical term for a traditional game, now rarely played.
- Villagers played trapball on the green.
- The museum has an old trapball set.
- Trapball was popular in England for centuries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRAPBALL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRAPBALL
1 longer words begin with TRAPBALL.
Shorter words from the letters in TRAPBALL
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Common questions about TRAPBALL
- Is TRAPBALL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRAPBALL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRAPBALL worth?
- TRAPBALL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRAPBALL mean?
- An old English bat-and-ball game in which a ball is flicked into the air from a small lever and struck.
- What letters can be added to TRAPBALL?
- TRAPBALL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TRAPBALL:
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